Welcome to Dyslexic Diaries

Welcome to Dyslexic Diaries.

This is the space where I tell you parts of the journey. Not all of it. Just enough to be useful.

I am a dyslexic learner who went back into higher education, completed a Master’s in Psychology with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, and somehow managed to hold on to humour, highlighters, and a mild caffeine dependency along the way. I have worked in education for over twenty five years. I have met the extraordinary. I have met the insecure. I have met the quietly brilliant and the loudly average.

This website is not a polished highlight reel. It is an observation file.

It is about what I have learned as a dyslexic woman in academic spaces that were not always designed with us in mind. It is about human behaviour. About power. About confidence. About what happens when you walk into rooms where not everyone is clapping.

One of the biggest lessons I wish someone had handed to me in a neat little bottle at the start is this. Be mindful of the people around you. Not everyone who smiles is celebrating you. Not everyone who asks questions is curious in a supportive way. Some people want proximity so they can measure you. Some want proximity so they can manage you. A small number want proximity so they can quietly extract what you are building and repackage it as their own.

That is not paranoia. That is pattern recognition.

Dyslexic learners, especially those in teaching and leadership roles, often lead with warmth. We assume good intent. We work hard. We share ideas. We stay late. We over explain. We try to make things fair.

But discernment is a skill.

This space is about strengthening that skill without losing your kindness. It is about understanding behaviour through a psychological lens. It is about recognising when something feels off and trusting that feeling. It is about building internal authority so that your voice does not get drowned out by louder, more confident ones in the room.

You can be compassionate and boundaried.
You can be reflective and decisive.
You can be dyslexic and academically rigorous.

Dyslexic Diaries is where I share the lessons, the missteps, the quiet realisations, and the research informed insights that have shaped me. If you are navigating education, leadership, or simply life as a dyslexic thinker, you are not behind. You are not broken. You are building.

Welcome.